Head to head

Equatorial Guinea vs South Africa

If they played today

Equatorial Guinea at home

26% / 25% / 49%

Equatorial Guinea win / draw / South Africa win

Equatorial Guinea–South Africa

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.6%
1–0 7.4%

Neutral venue

20% / 23% / 57%

Equatorial Guinea win / draw / South Africa win

Equatorial Guinea–South Africa

0–1 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

South Africa at home

15% / 21% / 65%

Equatorial Guinea win / draw / South Africa win

Equatorial Guinea–South Africa

0–1 11.8%
0–2 11.7%
1–1 9.8%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.8%

Probabilities come from each team's current Elo rating, so they answer “if they met today” rather than predicting a scheduled fixture. See the methodology for how the model works and where it is weakest.

Elo since debut

Side by side

	Equatorial Guinea	South Africa
Current Elo	1445	1694
Elo rank	131st	66th
Peak Elo	1633 (2024)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	179	484
All-time record	49W 40D 90L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	156	652
Goals against	262	458
Biggest win	4–0 vs Ivory Coast · 2024-01-22 · African Cup of Nations	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Congo · 1990-12-13 · UDEAC Cup	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.02
African Cup of Nations won	0	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.04	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Equatorial Guinea 0W 1D 2L

Goals

1–5

Equatorial Guinea first

First meeting

1–4

South Africa won · 2008-06-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2012-01-06 · Friendly

Equatorial Guinea's biggest win

—

Never beaten South Africa

South Africa's biggest win

4–1

2008-06-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

South Africa · since 2008-06-07

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2012-01-06	0–0	Equatorial Guinea home	Friendly
2008-10-11	0–1	Equatorial Guinea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-06-07	1–4	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup qualification